One of the billboards erected Wednesday on the site of what had been known as the Gateway property, but is now dubbed Staunton Crossing.

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When Staunton's economic development officials agreed to pay $15 million for hospital property just off Interstate 81, they hoped it would become a gateway for new mixed-used construction flowing to the area.

But the name is no longer "Gateway." It's now Staunton Crossing, and billboards were put up Wednesday to announce the new moniker.

Staunton's municipal offices received several phone calls from locals who noticed the new signs off Richmond Road, said Amanda Glover, assistant director of Economic Development. ...